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Do you want to be a business leader in aerospace? The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and the Engineering Management Program at the University of Colorado Boulder have teamed up to offer a unique graduate certificate: Engineering Management in the Aerospace Industry. “We’ve developed this certificate...

NASA’s robotic space exploration missions are highly choreographed and rehearsed. Built around duplicate systems and repeated simulations, no detail is left unplanned for. The idea is to lower the risk to highly valuable and Irreplaceable equipment thousands of miles from physical support. But if humans are going to travel further...

The Smead Aerospace manufacturing shops have made major upgrades to kickoff the 2019-2020 academic year. Enrollment has more than doubled in the last ten years, but space constraints in the Engineering Center prevented significant expansion of the department's footprint to accommodate that growth or to add new machining and production...

Smead Aerospace PhD student Jordan Dixon is featured in the latest edition of Brainwaves, CU Boulder's podcast. Dixon is involved in the NASA SUITS Challenge, a design competition that aims to bring augmented reality enhancements to astronauts on spacewalks. The technology has out of this world goals, but could eventually...

Torin Clark Assistant Professor, Smead Aerospace Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 | AERO 111 | 2:30 P.M. Abstract: Modern crewed aerospace vehicles operate in challenging environments, leading to complex and often highly-automated vehicle system designs. My research focuses on understanding the capabilities and limitations of humans in these environments and developing...

And liftoff. Today, visitors from across Colorado gathered at CU Boulder for an event celebrating the new Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building , home to the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences . This building, which occupies roughly 175,000 square feet on East Campus, will be the new...

The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences is welcoming four new faculty members. Meet the team and see why we're so excited about these talented new hires:

Today, the latest addition to CU Boulder’s legacy of space exploration received a prestigious launch countdown. During a whirlwind visit to campus, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine toured CU Boulder's new Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building , the new home of the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences ...

Stroke by stroke, two large murals are adding an eruption of color and expression to the new Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building at the University of Colorado Boulder. The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences commissioned...

CU Boulder announced two major gifts Thursday from Ball Corporation and its foundation, including a $1 million gift from Ball to support the university’s new Aerospace Engineering Sciences building opening this fall. The Ball Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Ball, also made a $104,000 grant for scholarships to grow the...